The True Mosque [al-Jāmi‘ al-Ṣaḥīḥ]
(الجامع الصحيح )

Name: The True Mosque [al-Jāmi‘ al-Ṣaḥīḥ]
Author: Al-Bukhari, Muhammad b. Ishmael, 256هـ/870AD; Date of birth: 194/810.

Title	The True Mosque [al-Jāmi‘ al-Ṣaḥīḥ]
Title Original	الجامع الصحيح
Author	Al-Bukhari, Muhammad b. Ishmael, 256هـ/870AD; Date of birth: 194/810.
Author Original	، ، هـم؛
Publication Date:	Datable to the 12th/18th century
Publication Place	Sofia - Bulgaria - Not identified
Subject	Fundamentals of Hadith.
Type	kitap
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	18-18.5cm × 30.8-31cm
Library:	Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
Library Asset ID	OR. 1197
Record ID	75646
Library Location	Bulgaria (Sofia) - Cyril and Methodius National LIBRARY - Bulgaria (Sofia) - Cyril and Methodius National Library
Date	Datable to the 12th/18th century
Notes	Watermarks : bunch of grapes with letters (fols. 9, 16, 183) ; bunch of grapes with a floral motif (fols. 197, 198, 199); three lines of letters (which are difficult to identify) with a small crown on one side and a bunch of grapes on the other (fols. 250, 258, 271, 272); heraldic motif (fols. 252, 279, 280); small crown only (fols. 431, 432)؛ European paper. Catchwords. Fol. 432r-v contains a text explaining the number of Ḥadīths in al-Bukhārī's Jāmi' al-Ṣaḥīḥ.
Sample Text	(fol. 1v)
Cilt	Dark brown leather binding with flap, mounted on cardboard. Gilt stamped medallions at the centre and corners of the covers. The volume is covered with green bookbinder's cloth which is torn. Excellent copy
Yazı hakkında notlar	Small, legible Naskhī. Some words are vocalised; text fully vocalised from fol. 234v, line 28 to fol.242r, lines 1-16 and 33-35
Durum	Some leaves are unbound.
Muhafız	Fāṭimah bint al-Ḥājj ‘Alī nām Khātūn؛ Extensive note of dedication as waqf, in Ottoman Turkish written in Ta’līq script (fol. lr) by Fāṭimah bint al-Ḥājj ‘Alī nām Khātūn, resident of mahalle-yi Cami'-i Cedid ve Hatuniye (maḥallat Jāmi' Jadīd wa Khātūnlyah) in the town of Vidin. The book was bought together with some other property of her deceased son Ismā'īl 'Alamdār b. 'Alī who served in the 19th Jamā'at, on 1st (ghurrah) Rajab 1195/23rd June 1781. Printed note, reading “Biblioteka Pazvantoglu”, inside front cover.
Tezhip	Triple ruling in black and gold. 'Unwān (fol. lv), in polychrome with floral ornamentation; floral ornament on fol. 431r, in the bottorn part of the frame, in gold, purple and blue.
Mürekkep rengi	Black ink. Rubrics in purple
Satır sayısı	35
Kaynakça	Fīhris al-makhṭūtāt al-‘Arabīyah al-maḥfūzah fī Dār al-Kutub al-Sha’bīyah Kīrīl wa-Mītūdī fī Ṣūfīyah ‘āṣimat al-Jumhūrīyah al-Sha’bīyah al-Bulghārīyah. Al-Juz’ al-awwal: al-Qur’ān wa-‘Ulūmuhu, al-Ḥadīth wa-‘Ulūmuhu، ص 209؛ Verzeichniss der arabischen Handschriften der königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin. Bd، ص 1146-1191؛ Katalog arapskih, turskih i perzijskih rukopisa Gazi Husrev-Begova Biblioteka u Sarajevu (Catalogue of Arabic, Turkish and Persian Manuscripts in the Gazi Hüsrev Beg Library, Sarajevo)، ص 403-421؛ Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi Arapça Yazmalar Kataloğu، ص 2215-2312؛ Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Köprülü Library، ج I، ص 355-364؛ Arabskie Rukopisi Instituta Vostokovedeniia Akademii Nauk USSR (Leningradskoe Otdelenie). Kratkiĭ Katalog (Arabic Manuscripts of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leningrad Branch, Brief Catalogue)، ص 669-678؛ Kashf al-ẓunūn fī asāmī al-kutub wa-al-funūn، ص 541؛ GAL، ج I، ص 157, no. 2؛ GAL SB، ج I، ص 260-264؛ GAS، ج I، ص 115-118, no. 69.
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The True Mosque [al-Jāmi‘ al-Ṣaḥīḥ]

(الجامع الصحيح )

Author Al-Bukhari, Muhammad b. Ishmael, 256هـ/870AD; Date of birth: 194/810.

Author Original ، ، هـم؛

Publication Date Datable to the 12th/18th century

Publication Place Sofia - Bulgaria - Not identified

Subject Fundamentals of Hadith.

Type kitap

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 18-18.5cm × 30.8-31cm

Library Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Library Asset ID OR. 1197

Record ID 75646

Library Location Bulgaria (Sofia) - Cyril and Methodius National LIBRARY - Bulgaria (Sofia) - Cyril and Methodius National Library

Date Datable to the 12th/18th century

Notes Watermarks : bunch of grapes with letters (fols. 9, 16, 183) ; bunch of grapes with a floral motif (fols. 197, 198, 199); three lines of letters (which are difficult to identify) with a small crown on one side and a bunch of grapes on the other (fols. 250, 258, 271, 272); heraldic motif (fols. 252, 279, 280); small crown only (fols. 431, 432)؛ European paper. Catchwords. Fol. 432r-v contains a text explaining the number of Ḥadīths in al-Bukhārī's Jāmi' al-Ṣaḥīḥ.

Sample Text (fol. 1v)

Cilt Dark brown leather binding with flap, mounted on cardboard. Gilt stamped medallions at the centre and corners of the covers. The volume is covered with green bookbinder's cloth which is torn. Excellent copy

Yazı hakkında notlar Small, legible Naskhī. Some words are vocalised; text fully vocalised from fol. 234v, line 28 to fol.242r, lines 1-16 and 33-35

Durum Some leaves are unbound.

Muhafız Fāṭimah bint al-Ḥājj ‘Alī nām Khātūn؛ Extensive note of dedication as waqf, in Ottoman Turkish written in Ta’līq script (fol. lr) by Fāṭimah bint al-Ḥājj ‘Alī nām Khātūn, resident of mahalle-yi Cami'-i Cedid ve Hatuniye (maḥallat Jāmi' Jadīd wa Khātūnlyah) in the town of Vidin. The book was bought together with some other property of her deceased son Ismā'īl 'Alamdār b. 'Alī who served in the 19th Jamā'at, on 1st (ghurrah) Rajab 1195/23rd June 1781. Printed note, reading “Biblioteka Pazvantoglu”, inside front cover.

Tezhip Triple ruling in black and gold. 'Unwān (fol. lv), in polychrome with floral ornamentation; floral ornament on fol. 431r, in the bottorn part of the frame, in gold, purple and blue.

Mürekkep rengi Black ink. Rubrics in purple

Satır sayısı 35

Kaynakça Fīhris al-makhṭūtāt al-‘Arabīyah al-maḥfūzah fī Dār al-Kutub al-Sha’bīyah Kīrīl wa-Mītūdī fī Ṣūfīyah ‘āṣimat al-Jumhūrīyah al-Sha’bīyah al-Bulghārīyah. Al-Juz’ al-awwal: al-Qur’ān wa-‘Ulūmuhu, al-Ḥadīth wa-‘Ulūmuhu، ص 209؛ Verzeichniss der arabischen Handschriften der königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin. Bd، ص 1146-1191؛ Katalog arapskih, turskih i perzijskih rukopisa Gazi Husrev-Begova Biblioteka u Sarajevu (Catalogue of Arabic, Turkish and Persian Manuscripts in the Gazi Hüsrev Beg Library, Sarajevo)، ص 403-421؛ Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi Arapça Yazmalar Kataloğu، ص 2215-2312؛ Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Köprülü Library، ج I، ص 355-364؛ Arabskie Rukopisi Instituta Vostokovedeniia Akademii Nauk USSR (Leningradskoe Otdelenie). Kratkiĭ Katalog (Arabic Manuscripts of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leningrad Branch, Brief Catalogue)، ص 669-678؛ Kashf al-ẓunūn fī asāmī al-kutub wa-al-funūn، ص 541؛ GAL، ج I، ص 157, no. 2؛ GAL SB، ج I، ص 260-264؛ GAS، ج I، ص 115-118, no. 69.

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